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You wouldn't want to be sick in the 16th century! : diseases you'd rather not catch / written by Kathryn Senior ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed by David Salariya.

Senior, Kathryn, (author.). Antram, David, 1958- (illustrator.). Salariya, David, (creator.).

Summary:

A humorous look at the state of illness and medicine in Tudor England.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780531211762
  • ISBN: 0531211762
  • ISBN: 9780531228524
  • ISBN: 0531228525
  • Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: Revised edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Franklin Watts, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Franklin Watts library edition."
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- A tough start -- Padua-Center of learning -- Blood, glorious blood! -- When humor wasn't funny -- Battefield horrors -- Plagued by infections -- Hospital surgery -- Quacks and witches -- Herbs and the apothecary -- Barbaric births -- At war again-the armada -- End of an era.
Target Audience Note:
IG930L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.9 0.5 164750.
Subject:
Medicine > England > History > 16th century > Juvenile literature.
Communicable diseases > England > History > 16th century > Juvenile literature.
Medical care > England > History > 16th century > Juvenile literature.
Medical care.

Available copies

  • 10 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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Marion Library JUV 610.94 SEN (Text) 37810435571848 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
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Summary: A humorous look at the state of illness and medicine in Tudor England.